Keith

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Keith is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin. It means "wood" or "from the battleground" and shares the same derivation as Clan Keith.

From Wikipedia

Keith first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 246 babies (rank #59 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Keith

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Keith yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,561
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
246
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952244#40
1953239#42
1954214#44
1955213#45
1956229#42
1957173#50
1958152#58
1959154#60
1960237#59
1961246#59
1962190#67
1963160#73
1964177#69
1965131#78
1966120#82
1967147#73
1968114#86
1969124#86
197051#104
197248#105
197438#109
197542#107
197738#108
197836#109
198038#108
20141#1,602
20151#1,592
20162#665
20172#655